CVE-2016-10156: Systemd Project Systemd

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw in systemd v228 in /src/basic/fs-util.c caused world writable suid files to be created when using the systemd timers features, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges to root. This is fixed in v229.

Affected products

Published 2017-01-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.